Big Ideas in Education Blog

Category: Internet Safety

  • Students Accessing Inappropriate Sites at School ?!?

      Since the dawn of internet being available in our schools, there have always been students accessing inappropriate sites at school. Up until recently, many school boards have imposed internet ‘filters’ to block inappropriate sites, and to prevent students from engaging in Social Media while at school. However, in this day in age, filters have…

  • Who is Tracking You on the Internet?

      Internet Privacy & Behavioural Tracking I just watched a very imformative TED talks video by Gary Kovacs on ‘Tracking the Trackers, and have been introduced to ‘Behavioural Tracking’ on the Internet. I have downloaded the Collusion add-on to be used only in Firefox, and have just had my eyes open to just how our…